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stepped on someone's toes

stepped on someone's toes is the simple past and past participle of step on someone's toes.

Meaning of step on someone's toes

Verb

step on someone's toes (third-person singular simple present steps on someone's toes, present participle stepping on someone's toes, simple past and past participle stepped on someone's toes)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs.
    • I didn't think I'd be stepping on my sister's toes when I told my nephew to sit up straight at the dinner table.

Questions about stepped on someone's toes

What is stepped on someone's toes the simple past and past participle of?
Stepped on someone's toes is the simple past and past participle of step on someone's toes.

Words near stepped on someone's toes in the dictionary

  1. stepped on
  2. stepped on a frog
  3. stepped on a rake
  4. stepped on it
  5. stepped on someone's lines
  6. stepped on someone's toes
  7. stepped on the laughs
  8. stepped out
  9. stepped out of line
  10. stepped out on someone
  11. stepped over

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